Masa is spoken in the southern part of Mayo-Danay department in the Far North Region, in the arrondissements of Yagoua, Kalfou, Wina, Yele, and Guéré.[2]
Central Masa is spoken along the Logone River, with four varieties. The varieties, as listed from north to south, are: Yagwa (spoken around Yagoua), Domo (in Domo village), Walya, and Buguëum.[2]
Western Masa includes Gizay, spoken around Guéré, and Viri (Wina), former ethnic Tupuri who had shifted to the Masa language.[2]
The Muzuk dialect, which has long been considered a Munjuk dialect (ALCAM 1983), is in fact a Masa dialect since it is clearly mutually intelligible with the other Masa varieties (Ousmanou 2007). The speakers of Muzuk are bilingual, and speaking the Muzuk dialect of Masa, as well as Munjuk. It is spoken in the drier areas of the West (Guidigis, Mayo-Kani, Far North Region).[2]
Masa is spoken in Cameroon and Chad, with 103,000 speakers in Cameroon.[2]
massa, language, confused, with, limassa, language, massa, masana, masa, chadic, language, spoken, southern, chad, northern, cameroon, masa, people, approximately, speakers, massamasananative, tochad, cameroonnative, speakers, cited, 1982, 2019, language, fami. Not to be confused with Limassa language Massa or Masana Masa is a Chadic language spoken in southern Chad and northern Cameroon by the Masa people It has approximately 200 000 speakers MassaMasanaNative toChad CameroonNative speakers 340 000 cited 1982 2019 1 Language familyAfro Asiatic ChadicMasaNorthMassaDialectsYagwa Bongor Wina Walia Domo Gizay Gumay Ham BudugumWriting systemLatinLanguage codesISO 639 3 a href https iso639 3 sil org code mcn class extiw title iso639 3 mcn mcn a Glottologmasa1322 Masanagize1234 Gizeyhama1241 HamDialects are Bongor Bugudum Budugum Domo Gizay Gumay Ham Walia Wina Viri Yagwa Kim a neighbouring language was once misclassified as Masa Contents 1 Distribution 2 Phonology 2 1 Consonants 2 2 Vowels 3 ReferencesDistribution editMasa is spoken in the southern part of Mayo Danay department in the Far North Region in the arrondissements of Yagoua Kalfou Wina Yele and Guere 2 Central Masa is spoken along the Logone River with four varieties The varieties as listed from north to south are Yagwa spoken around Yagoua Domo in Domo village Walya and Bugueum 2 Western Masa includes Gizay spoken around Guere and Viri Wina former ethnic Tupuri who had shifted to the Masa language 2 The Muzuk dialect which has long been considered a Munjuk dialect ALCAM 1983 is in fact a Masa dialect since it is clearly mutually intelligible with the other Masa varieties Ousmanou 2007 The speakers of Muzuk are bilingual and speaking the Muzuk dialect of Masa as well as Munjuk It is spoken in the drier areas of the West Guidigis Mayo Kani Far North Region 2 Masa is spoken in Cameroon and Chad with 103 000 speakers in Cameroon 2 Phonology editConsonants edit Labial Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar GlottalPlosive voiceless p t tʃ k ʔvoiced b d dʒ ɡimplosive ɓ ɗFricative voiceless f s ɬ hvoiced v z ɮ ɦNasal m n ŋTrill rApproximant w l jVowels edit Front Central BackClose i iː u uːMid e eː o oːOpen a aː 3 References edit Massa at Ethnologue 25th ed 2022 nbsp a b c d e Binam Bikoi Charles ed 2012 Atlas linguistique du Cameroun ALCAM Linguistic Atlas of Cameroon Atlas linguistique de l Afrique centrale ALAC in French Vol 1 Inventaire des langues Yaounde CERDOTOLA ISBN 9789956796069 De Dominicis Amedeo 2001 The Masa tonal system University of Tuscia Viterbo Italy This article about a Chadic language is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a language spoken in Cameroon is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Chad related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Massa language amp oldid 1192834822, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
